HC Deb 07 March 1994 vol 239 cc5-6W
Mr. Harvey

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list for each year since 1979(a) British Rail line closures and (b) British Rail passenger and freight service reductions.

Mr. Freeman

Between 1981 and 1994 British Rail passenger services were discontinued on the lines listed. There were no closures in 1979 and 1980. There have of course been a number of new services introduced in this period.

1981

  • Kentish Town junctio—Engine shed junction (north London)
  • New Holland to New Holland pier (south Humberside)

1982

  • Dore West—Dore South junction (south Yorkshire)
  • Norwood Fork junction—Selhurst junction (south London)
  • Blaydon junction—Newcastle West junction (Tyne and Wear)
  • March East junction—Spalding South junction s(Cambs/Lines)
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  • Sleaford South junction—Sleaford North junction (Lincs)
  • Greetwell West junction—Pyewipe junction (Lincs)

1983

  • Glasgow—Kilmacolm (Strathclyde)
  • Woodside—Selsdon (south London)
  • Clayton West junction and Clayton West and Denby Dale and
  • Sheffield Nunnery junction (west and south Yorkshire)
  • Bidston junction—Seacombe junction (Merseyside)

1985

  • Tunbridge Wells West—Eridge (Kent)
  • Tottenham Hale—Stratford (east London)

1986

  • Broad Street—Dalston junction (east London)
  • Balloch Central to Balloch pier (Strathclyde)

1987

  • Goosehill—Wath Road (west Yorkshire)

1988

  • Agecroft—Brindle Heath (Greater Manchester)
  • Burton Lane—Rowntree Halt (north Yorkshire)

1989

  • Vale of Rheidol line (Dyfed)

1990

  • Wortley Curve (west Yorkshire)
  • Methley junction—Altofts junction (west Yorkshire)
  • Mexborough junction—Aldwarke junction (south Yorkshire)
  • North Pole junction—Old Oak Common East junction (west London)

1991

  • West Parade North junction—Anlaby Road junction (north Humberside)

1992

  • Tilbury East and West junctions—Tilbury Riverside (Essex)
  • Camden junction—Camden Road junction and Navarino
  • junction—Reading Lane junction (north and east London)

1993

  • Castleford-Milford junction (west and north Yorkshire)

1994

  • Philips Park No. 1 junction—Ashburys West junction and
  • Denton junction—Ashton Moss junction (Greater Manchester)

Comparable information is not available for freight-only lines, which have not been subject to statutory closure procedures.

Details of alterations to levels of service on individual passenger and freight lines between 1979 and 1994 could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.